Work-basket.



A. H. CRAWFORD.

WORK BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9,1914- Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D- c.

AMOS H. CRAWFORD, OF LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK.

WORK-BASKET.

Original application filed April 18, 1910, Serial No. 556,209.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented net. i, rare.

Divided and this application filed. April 9,

1914. Serial No. 830,664.

To all na/tom it may concern Be it known that I, Amos H. CRAWFORD, of Liverpool, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Work-Baskets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to work baskets which are formed of willow woven around a series of standards or stays and are provided with wooden bottoms, similar to that set forth in my Patent No. 1,095,820, issued Way 5, 191-1, on an application, Serial No. $356,209, filed April 18, 1910, of which the present application is a division.

The object of the invention is to provide a basket which shall be very simple and in expensive in its manufacture, strong and durable, and at the same time produce a structure which will be especially adapted to be used. as a ladys workbasket.

To that end the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the component parts of the basket hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the basket embodying my present invention; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a-fragmentary inverted plan view; and Fig. 41: is a fragmentary plan view of the bottom de tached.

Referring to said drawings A- denotes the body of the basket which is formed of the well known willows awoven on the standards -7)-Z)-, which preferably consist of willows. This body may be of any desired style, however I prefer to make the same round as shown.

The invention" resides in the simple and eflicient attachment of the standards b b to the bottom 3- which consists of a plain circular board. To secure the said standards to the board, I provide the marginal portion of said boards with a series of uniformly shaped notches c-c into which the so called buttend portions of the standards .7)Z)- are inserted so as to be Copies of this patent may be obtained for disposed flush with the edge of the board. These notches may be produced by means of a saw and are preferably of rectangular shape in cross-section as more clearly shown in Fig. 4:. The-said standards are preferably composed of wood and are round in cross-section. It will be understood that these standards may be formed of wire and otherwise shaped in cross-section. The width of a notch is slightly less than the diameter of the standard so that the standard may be driven thereinto with a tight fit. It will be understood that before a standard is driven into a notch the intervening portion is dipped into glue. In some instances 1 desire to apply a metal band --d to the periphery of the board, more particularly in making a basket of large size. This band is attached by means of nails and renders the attachment of the standard more secure. The ends of the standards are flush with the lower face of the board so as to preserve a smooth surface. The upper ends of the standards may extend some distance above the woven willows so as to provide convenient holders for spools of thread as indicated by dotted lines, or for pin or needle-cushions, balls of yarn, button-holders, etc.

It is obvious that the standards b-bmay terminate flush with the top of the wicker work, and that false standards may be driven into the top of the wicker work along the side of the aforesaid standards so as to project above the top to provide the holders for the spools, etc.

What I claim is 2-- A work basket comprising a bottom and wicker-work sides rising therefrom and having a finished upper edge, and posts incorporated in the wicker-work and rising some distance above said finished edge for receiving and supporting spools.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this third day of April, 1914:.

w AMOS H. CRAWFORD.

Witnesses J. T. CRAWFORD, vH. W. CRAWFORD.

five. cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

